Daily Dacha Tactics
Each day we add a Dacha color-themed tactic for interactive play. Test your color theory and enjoy!
Dacha Tactics #95 - Dark surprise - not a coincidence.
An elegant tactic I found from NM Sam Copeland, who displayed this as his best move. We are slightly behind in material but ahead on dark with a golden dark bishop. Our rook on g1 is proud of the open file and tickles important dark squares. Let's find
Dacha Tactics #94 - Earthquake Dacha!
Another exquisite display of dark sorcery by Bronstein! Here we have a golden dark bishop amidst a chaotic position. F6 dark brick has hopes for glory, too. Find the dark knockout! Interact with the puzzle below. If you get stuck, you can always click the "lightbulb" icon in
Dacha Tactics #93 - Bronstein opens the dark flood gates.
A normal quiet-looking position, but not if your name is David "the sorcerer" Bronstein. Let's use colors to follow suit! Here, the color money is equal, but do note how there is so much pent-up energy on dark – ng4 tickling f2, queen tickling dark diagonal, Bg7
Dacha Tactics #92 - Dark highway to Rome.
Clearly a juicy position for us. White's position is on the verge of collapse, and we have a golden dark bishop. All roads lead to Rome, but let's find the smoothest dark knockout!
Dacha Tactics #91 - Extreme light faith.
The position is chaotic! The first thing we notice is the pesky e4 pawn forking our queen and light bishop. We could get a couple of pawns for the piece, but that isn't too attractive. Is there some hidden resource? Well, the color money dictates that we are
Dacha Tactics #90 - Dark money taken to the bank.
From a recent blitz game of mine vs a young IM from Moldova. I'm feeling pretty good here with the white king stranded in the center. However, our dark bishop is attacked, and if it moves, a queen trade will occur, and our attack will all but vanish.
Dacha Tactics #89 - rarest of rare -- dark Dacha stairway to heaven!
I just came across this position, and it is a beautiful one. The black king is a sitting dark duck on a1, but for now it seems mostly safe. Clearly, the goal will be to lock up the black king with the knight, bishop, and hopefully the king. Let'
Dacha Tactics #88 - dark pin, forks and spoons galore!
An interesting position we have here. Black is up 3 pawns but has a weak king - then again, white's king isn't all roses either. The color money is equal, but white could most definitely attempt to target black's holes around his king and
Dacha Tactics #87 - full light explosion in real time
A juicy position I had in a game. Material is equal, color money is not. It's +1000 light and -1000 dark. Our golden bishop is especially excited at the sight of black's open light around his king. The black queen is helping on light, but certainly
Dacha Tactics #86 - the sleeper Golden Bishop
A nice tactic I came across. Black is down a queen, but the white king is not very safe. Also, we notice that our light bishop here is oh-so comfortable, taking bites out of the white king's safe squares (g2, f1). But we need more....how to infuse
